Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
For under $1 million, one can find all sorts of housing configurations: park- and subway-adjacent studios, one-bedrooms hidden in carriage houses or former shoe factories, and even the occasional true two-bedroom. We’re combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or otherwise worth-a-look apartments at various six-digit price points.
This week, a rare “WBFP” — wood-burning fireplace, of course.
The apartment comes with 12-foot ceilings, as featured in this listing photo.
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
If you’ve been dying to live in a school, this might be your chance. This condo is located in PS90, a Gothic-style school from 1907 with a nicely preserved exterior that was converted in 2010. The apartment itself is a corner unit with plenty of light and super-high ceilings — 12 feet — and a built-in loft corner for those who want to take advantage of that. It’s marketed as a two-bedroom, but it’s really a spacious one-bed with a walk-in closet. Monthlies are on the high end at $1,412 plus a monthly $667 assessment. But it has the best price per square foot compared to the other listings available in the building and comes with an in-unit washer-dryer. The kitchen and bath look recently renovated, and the building comes with some amenities like a part-time doorman, a fitness room, and cold storage for groceries (that’s a rare one!).
The pre-war co-op comes with a spacious living room, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo: Douglas Elliman
A nicely laid-out pre-war co-op that overlooks Park Avenue. The bedroom comes with two walk-in closets, an en suite bathroom, and built-ins for even more storage. The highlight is the wood-burning fireplace that sits at the center of the living room. (Time to find a wood-delivery guy?) The $2,977 monthlies, which include taxes, are expensive, but the building comes with a 24-hour doorman, elevator operator, live-in super, laundry, bike room, and roof deck. It’s in a busy part of Midtown but it’s just a couple of blocks to Grand Central and Bryant Park and around the corner from the Morgan Library.
The apartment is on a high floor and has abundant natural light, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo: Compass
It’s definitely a studio, but the layout is extremely functional — the main living space is 23 feet long and the kitchen is separated from the living area by a wall with a cutout breakfast bar. It comes with nice wood cabinetry, granite countertops, and stainless-steel appliances, including a dishwasher. The unit is on a high floor, so there’s no shortage of natural light. What you lack in space the building — the landmarked Downtown Club tower — makes up for in amenities: a huge two-story gym with a steam room and massage rooms, a doorman, concierge service, laundry on the floor, and bike storage. (Will you use the business center? Or the resident lounge and pool room? Who knows.) Plus it’s just a few minutes to Battery Park and apparently, Fidi isn’t such a bad place to live these days.
A perfectly normal one-bedroom, as shown in this listing photo, but for an extremely low price.
Photo: Promote Realty LLC
An incredibly affordable one-bedroom in a six-story co-op building at the top of Midwood. There’s nothing especially unique about the apartment, but it’s got a nice layout to build off — a large living room, a kitchen with a dishwasher, and hardwood floors throughout. There’s a funny raised platform off the kitchen that’s ideal for a small eat-in table. Laundry in the building, a doorman, and parking (with a waitlist) is a plus. The monthlies are low for now — $622 — but the building’s J-51 tax abatement expires in 2026. It’s a little over ten minutes to the F train but worth it for the price.
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